Chocolates can expire
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
December 6, 2019 11:04pm CST
This is a reminder for those who stock up on chocolates. They have an expiration date. And although it is still safe to eat even after that date when the chocolate is in the fridge, I wouldn't count on it. For best results, buy and eat within a week. It is not good to buy a lot like what we do because when it is nearing the expiry date, we just have to give away the chocolates instead of being wasted.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Dec 19
As if chocolates will be around that long!!!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
In our home, yes, sometimes they last for a month or so. That's why I am trying to formulate a policy again to avoid expired chocolates.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
8 Dec 19
@Alexandoy I never look at the expired date on chocolates as it doesn't usually last that long but even when I do have it long sometimes there is nothing wrong with it. Some I keep in the refrigerator and some in the closet.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
@just4him that should be the case for chocolates. It's not good to let it stay for long. At least it will not spoil when inside the stomach, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
Not really spoiled but when the expiry date had lapsed then there might be a risk. But I believe that if it in the fridge then there would be no problem.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Dec 19
@Alexandoy My chocolate, if I have any, doesn't last very long anyway.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 Dec 19
Yes, it is sad they have an expiration date but I or my family usually eat them quickly.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
I also have that policy of eating the chocolates as early as possible.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
Okay I will eat all the chocolate bars today, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
@DianneN waheehee, you got me there. Maybe I will eat 1 bar of Milky Way and give the big bars to our housemaids and to the kids in the neighborhood.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Now this is a testimony that chocolates have an expiration also.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
8 Dec 19
@Alexandoy Many of the chocolates I get has a message saying, "best if eaten by a certain date". It does not say, "must eat" by a certain date. I am still eating candy from Halloween, which was October 31st.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
@ramapo17 you are right with that line of Best Eaten date which means it is not spoiled after that date.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
7 Dec 19
It looks like a personal refrigerator to me. Are those chocolates only for you? Chocoloates with nuts are my favorite.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
My wife has the habit of buying chocolates but she doesn't eat much so I had to take over. But it is obvious that I couldn't eat that much.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
7 Dec 19
@Alexandoy Maybe she gets excited when she sees them.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
7 Dec 19
@yoalldudes I really don't know but I suspect that she buys it for me.
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@1creekgirl (41444)
• United States
7 Dec 19
I had to laugh when I read your post. Chocolate is never in any danger of expiring in my house.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Same with our house when I was younger. My mother would buy and before the day was over, the chocolates were gone with the wind, wahaahaa.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Dec 19
Who in the heck has any to store in the fridge?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Waheehee just for the display to tease people, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Ah yes, that's from the kind Nikolaus.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
7 Dec 19
I am tempted by chocolates and so keep them out of my sight.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Don't worry, I will keep the door of the fridge shut next time I post a picture, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
I didn't know that. Maybe I should have eaten chocolates when I was in Tokyo last April.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
@theend no, it is actually the start of spring.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Never last long because... I know, waheehee.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
7 Dec 19
Anything expires. Before they expire they should be served for their purpose.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
That's what I said to my wife. Buy only the amount that you intend to eat. It's like she's buying as a display for the fridge.
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@Letranknight2015 (51969)
• Philippines
7 Dec 19
I didn't believe in my grandma when she told us that the box of chocolates here was already expire. Until I spoke to my auntie.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
Was it really expired that you cannot eat them anymore?
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
You are right on that. I also have read about the durability of honey.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
That means we should buy just a little bar and one small pack of kisses?
@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
7 Dec 19
I don't think so. Or you can say that doesn't happen so here. You see a chocolate and after some time there is no chocolate.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
I actually think that chocolates can last very long when in the fridge.
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